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1.1       root        1: .TH CALENDAR 1 
                      2: .CT 1 time_man
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: calendar \- reminder service
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B calendar
                      7: [
                      8: .B -
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .I n
                     12: ]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Calendar 
                     15: consults calendar files
                     16: and prints out lines that contain today's date or
                     17: any date up through the
                     18: .IR n th
                     19: working day hence
                     20: .RI ( n =1
                     21: by default).
                     22: Most American-style month-day dates such as
                     23: .BR "Aug. 19" ,\ 
                     24: .BR "august 19" ,\ 
                     25: .BR "8/19" ,
                     26: etc., are recognized, but not
                     27: .LR 19/8 .
                     28: The symbol 
                     29: .L *
                     30: denotes every month as in
                     31: .B *
                     32: 19 or
                     33: .BR */19 .
                     34: A year may follow the day, as in
                     35: .BR "August 19 86" ,\ 
                     36: .BR "8/19/86" ,
                     37: or
                     38: .BR "Aug. 19, 1986" .
                     39: .PP
                     40: By default, the program consults the file
                     41: .F calendar
                     42: in directory
                     43: .B $HOME
                     44: (see
                     45: .IR sh (1)),
                     46: or in the current directory if a home directory is not known.
                     47: Other calendar files to be consulted may be specified by calendar
                     48: lines in one of the forms
                     49: .IP
                     50: .B #include
                     51: \f5\fIfile\^\f5
                     52: .br
                     53: .B #include
                     54: \f5\fImachine\f5!\fIfile\^\f5\fR
                     55: .LP
                     56: where
                     57: .I file
                     58: is the name of some other calendar and
                     59: .I machine
                     60: is the name of a machine or service accessible via
                     61: .IR con (1).
                     62: .PP
                     63: When the optional
                     64: .L -
                     65: argument is present,
                     66: .I calendar
                     67: reminds all users of their calendar engagements by
                     68: .IR mail (1).
                     69: Normally this happens daily in the wee hours under control of
                     70: .IR cron (8).
                     71: Calendars not in home directories, or recipients not registered
                     72: as users, may be registered
                     73: for reminder service by placing lines of the form
                     74: .I calendarfile mailname
                     75: in file
                     76: .FR /usr/lib/calendar .
                     77: .SH EXAMPLES
                     78: .EX
                     79: #include /usr/pub/btlcalendar
                     80: #include /n/coma/usr/pub/btlcalendar
                     81: #include mh/astro/coma.calendar!/usr/pub/btlcalendar
                     82: .EE
                     83: .ns
                     84: .IP
                     85: Ways to subscribe to a public calendar by
                     86: (1) users of
                     87: .LR mh/astro/coma ,
                     88: (2) users elsewhere who have
                     89: .IR netfs (8)
                     90: access to
                     91: .BR coma ,
                     92: and (3) users elsewhere without
                     93: .I netfs
                     94: access.
                     95: .SH FILES
                     96: .TF
                     97: .TP
                     98: .F calendar
                     99: .PD0
                    100: .TP
                    101: .F /usr/lib/calendar?
                    102: .TP
                    103: .F /etc/passwd
                    104: .TP
                    105: .F /tmp/cal*
                    106: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    107: .IR at (1)
                    108: .SH BUGS
                    109: .BR #include s
                    110: do not nest.
                    111: .br
                    112: The mail reminder service doesn't work when 
                    113: it finds fewer than two calendars.
                    114: .br
                    115: Your calendar must be public information for you
                    116: to get reminder service.
                    117: .br
                    118: Holidays are what the program says they are.

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